An American icon, if ever there was one, was part of the enthusiastic audience at the OCt. 8 performance of Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, which is currently in previews at the Triad on West 72nd Street.

An American icon, if ever there was one, was part of the enthusiastic audience at the OCt. 8 performance of Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, which is currently in previews at the Triad on West 72nd Street. Bob Hope, who appeared on Broadway in Ballyhoo, Roberta, Ziegfeld Follies and Red, Hot and Blue (with Ethel Merman) was accompanied by his daughter and a friend. At 93 years old, the living legend graciously signed autographs and talked to the cast and FB author Gerard Alessandrini during intermission.